Congress appeared to be on track to reauthorize a national spy program that’s due to expire in the coming days. Then Donald Trump stepped in.
The president’s decision to name Bill Pulte — a MAGA ally with no national security experience — acting director of national intelligence has upended bipartisan plans to pass a long-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which has been floating along on a stopgap patch since April amid broader political disagreements about the fate of the spy law.
Members on both sides of the aisle are concerned that U.S. citizens are getting swept up in warrantless surveillance…
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